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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the sergeant tell Charlie?
(a) Charlie will be shot if he disobeys an order.
(b) Charlie is ordered to take Thomas for medical help.
(c) Charlie is ordered to take out the left gun's emplacement.
(d) Charlie is ordered to stay and cover the other soldier's retreat.

2. What seems to be briefly forgotten right after Big Joe is found?
(a) Old grudges.
(b) Grandma Wolf.
(c) Bertha.
(d) Big Joe's irritating behaviors.

3. What does the new company commander know about fighting a war?
(a) Less than the regulars know.
(b) A lot as he rose through the ranks.
(c) Quite a bit.
(d) Nothing.

4. Why does the company huddle in their trenches for two straight days?
(a) They are being bombed.
(b) They are told to hide.
(c) The snow is too bad to go out.
(d) The Germans are patrolling in tanks.

5. What does Thomas do at work that is different?
(a) He no longer sings while working.
(b) He asks for all the dangerous assignments.
(c) He no longer enjoys his work.
(d) Take assignments that gets him away from Charlie.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is Charlie's trial?

2. What caused most of the casualties?

3. Where is Thomas' company sent next?

4. What outnumbers the people at the next duty assignment?

5. Who does Thomas notice in town recruiting for the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the new assignment at Wipers like?

2. What happens when they encounter a German soldier in the German trenches?

3. What are Charlie and Thomas' company told to do one day?

4. Where are Charlie and Thomas sent and why are they glad at first?

5. How do the men feel about Hanley's order, who voices that opinion, and what does Hanley say?

6. What happens to Thomas in the German bunker and who pulls him out?

7. What happens when the next wave of shelling stops?

8. Describe the fighting that occurs after the bombardment stops.

9. While in Wipers, what does the company do for two whole days?

10. Who is in the bunker and what does Sergeant Hanley order his men to do?

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